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Jesus, bombs and ice cream
Philadelphia (CNN) – An unlikely pairing took to the stage Saturday in front of a sold out audience at World Café Live to promote peace and ice cream.

Philadelphia-based Christian author and activist Shane Claiborne partnered with Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, to raise public awareness about federal military spending.

The evening started off on a somber note with Cohen pouring 10,000 BB gun pellets into a metal container to illustrate the power of the United States’ nuclear arsenal in front of a stunned audience.

“It’s that kind of overkill mentality that drives an out-of-control Pentagon budget,” he said

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/11/jesus-bombs-and-ice-cream/
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